Microsoft Operations Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) from Microsoft shows our commitment to making Windows® the best-managed platform available. SP1 extends the functionality of Microsoft Operations Manager in several ways. You can, for example:
Install and use Microsoft Operations Manager components on non-English-language-based operating systems, as well as manage servers on those operating systems.
Benefit from new management packs for the Microsoft .NET Framework, Network Load Balancing, and Windows server clusters.
Extend Microsoft Operations Manager functionality and readily integrate it with other management systems using SP1 together with the new software development kit (SDK2).
SP1 also includes fixes and improvements that will benefit existing installations of Microsoft Operations Manager, such as:
Performance and scalability enhancements. Use Microsoft Operations Manager to monitor twice as many servers as before—managing large IT environments is now easier and more cost-effective.
Clustered Microsoft Operations Manager database support. The Microsoft Operations Manager database can be clustered and made fully resilient using Windows server clusters, improving the already mission-critical availability of the system.
Improved scripting support. Using Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET, scripts may now be debugged inside or outside of the Microsoft Operations Manager environment. In addition, the maximum script size has also been increased.
Product and documentation fixes. Many customer-requested fixes have also been made to both the product and the documentation.
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How to Get SP1
Microsoft Operations Manager is now distributed with the SP1 update included. If you are interested in purchasing a license for Microsoft Operations Manager, a number of pricing and licensing options are available to you. You can review these options in the How to Buy section of this site. If, however, you are already using licensed copies of Microsoft Operations Manager (pre-SP1) and would like to upgrade to SP1, please note the following:
SP1 is available free of charge to those who have licensed copies of Microsoft Operations Manager.
If you have a Select or Enterprise Agreement (EA) with Microsoft, you will receive Microsoft Operations Manager SP1 in the February Select Kit (scheduled to ship February 17, 2003). You may also elect to contact your Microsoft account manager to receive a copy of the CD.
If you do not have a Select or Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft, you can register with us and we will ship a Microsoft Operations Manager SP1 CD to you in 4–6 weeks. You will need your existing product ID (PID) number to install the SP1 release.
Note: When using Microsoft Operations Manager, as with any product, it is very important to keep up-to-date on security issues. For information about the "Slammer" worm, first detected on January 24, 2003, and its effect on products that use Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000, refer to Finding and Fixing Slammer Vulnerabilities on the Microsoft Security & Privacy Web site.
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Further Information
For more information, refer to the Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 SP1 Deployment Guide on the TechNet Web site.
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